petersii, Centropholis Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1878:2 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1878 (for 15 Jan.); ref. 2171] Enosima, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZMB 10634 (dry). •Valid as Centrolophus petersii Hilgendorf 1878 -- (Akazaki in Okamura et al. 1982:235, 380 [ref. 8256] as petersi). •Valid as Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf 1878) -- (Mead 1972:101 [ref. 6976], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:160 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:635 [ref. 5712], Paulin et al. 1989:186 [ref. 24556], Gomes 1990:762 [ref. 18692], Nakabo 2000:813 [ref. 25086], Shao in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:325 [ref. 25995], Last & Moteki 2001:2835 [ref. 26096], Nakabo 2002:813 [ref. 26001], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:82 [ref. 27192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Mundy 2005:376 [ref. 28379], Bray et al. 2006:1186 [ref. 29088], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2009:20 [ref. 30553], Fricke et al. 2009:59 [ref. 30213], Shinohara et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:261 [ref. 33330], Stewart et al. 2015:1268 [ref. 34201], Fricke et al. 2018:192 [ref. 35805], Orr et al. 2018:236 [ref. 36660], Kim et al. 2020:131 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:67 [ref. 37637], Sutton et al. 2020:274 [ref. 37832], Love et al. 2021:158 [ref. 39279], Anderson 2022:23 [ref. 39875], Carvalho-Filho 2023:152 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf 1878). Bramidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: South Africa; Indo-Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Hawaiian Ridge (U.S.A.) and Line Islands (Kiribati), north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to northern New Zealand; eastern Pacific: one record from Oregon (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.